State v. Coleman

SEXTON, Judge.

The defendant appeals a 24-year hard labor sentence as a second felony offender arising as a result of his underlying conviction for simple burglary. We reverse.

On November 5, 1985, the owner of Jerry’s Quick Shop in Winnsboro, Louisiana, reported that his store had been burglarized and that three packages of cigarettes, several gallons of whiskey and some batteries were missing.

The defendant, Mark Coleman, was implicated six days later after a co-defendant identified him as being at the scene of the burglary. Coleman fled from officers at*1225tempting to arrest him and was…